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Jazz Dent, son of a serial killer, worries that he too is a sociopath. When a body is found in…
Jazz's hometown of Lobo's Nod, Jazz uses what he learned from his father and hunts for the culprit. Violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2012
1819. Miss Charlotte Boscastle, who runs the exclusive Scarfield Academy for Young Ladies, would be ruined if her journals were…
ever discovered. But the Duke of Wynfield, who is looking for a mistress--not a headmistress--finds the diaries. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2012
A British hunter penetrates the compound of a foreign dictator. He has the leader in his sights, gun ready, when…
security closes in on him. After escaping a tortuous imprisonment, the hunter returns to England, pursued by his former captors. Includes 2007 introduction by Victoria Nelson. Some violence. 1939
Moses Lake, Texas. When her teenage son gets into trouble, newly divorced social worker Andrea Henderson meets game warden Mart…
McClendon. Mart, who is grieving over family deaths, works with Andrea to help the town's recluse and his granddaughter. Andrea and Mart heal emotionally and regain their Christian faith. 2011
Stephen Swan discovers that an uncle he thought had died in WWII has just been released from an Irish prison.…
Uncle Eldritch stole artwork from Belgium diamond merchant Isaac Meridor, who was fleeing from the Nazis. Now Meridor's granddaughter Rachel Banner wants to reclaim the paintings from a museum. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2010
Chronicles the personal and professional life of Darrow (1857-1938), the Chicago railroad lawyer who at age thirty-six became a defender…
of progressive causes. Highlights Darrow's role as defense attorney in the 1910 Los Angeles Times bombing, the 1924 Leopold and Loeb child-murder case, and the 1925 Scopes "monkey" trial. Some strong language. 2011
Lena Riddle may be blind, but she knows she hears women screaming for help in the woods behind her home.…
The only person who believes her is ex-cop Ezra King. Then the bodies start appearing. Violence, explicit descriptions of sex, and some strong language. 2011
While still battling gigantic sea creatures, Captain Reddy contends with Spanish colonist forces of the Holy Dominion. Meanwhile, Japanese ships…
continue to arrive through the maelstrom and engage in different rules of war. Sequel to Rising Tides (DB 73146). Some violence and some strong language. 2011
Account of the nearly four thousand black youngsters who were arrested in Birmingham, Alabama, in May 1963 after marching to…
protest segregation. Features profiles of four participants, including the youngest of the group, nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2012
Portrait of Office of Strategic Services (OSS) members Jane Foster, Julia McWilliams, and Julia's then-future husband Paul Child. Describes their…
World War II service in the Far East and the investigation of Jane and interrogation of Paul during Senator Joseph McCarthy's crusade against communism in the 1950s. 2011
England, 1541. After Thomas Cromwell's execution, attorney Matthew Shardlake and Shardlake's assistant Barak are asked by Archbishop Cranmer to escort…
a prisoner to London during Henry VIII's northern progress. But then the murder of a glazier raises troubling questions about the royal family. Some violence and some strong language. 2006
After the events in Gauntlgrym (DB 72538), Drizzt Do'Urden travels with Dahlia, an elf, in search of the person responsible…
for destroying Neverwinter. Along the way they make new enemies--and some unexpected allies. Violence. 2011
Snake and Lizard give each other a hard time, but remain close buddies. In "Doors" Snake worries that a spider…
in their entryway may be poisonous, but Lizard happily eats the bugs trapped in the web. Companion to Snake and Lizard (DB 68836). For grades 2-4. 2009
A half century of the Pittsburgh-born writer's poetry, dating back to 1962 when he won the Yale Younger Poets Prize…
for his first anthology, Views of Jeopardy. Among the subjects are his working-class city, the women he has loved, and life's losses. Includes twenty-one previously uncollected works. 2012
Painter Henri Toulouse-Lautrec and baker-turned-painter Lucien Lessard investigate the suspicious death of their friend Vincent van Gogh. Lessard and Toulouse-Lautrec…
are soon on the trail of the mysterious Colorman, who sold Van Gogh and others the sacred blue pigment, ultramarine. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2012
Author recounts the three-month, 1,100-mile solo hike she took on a whim in 1995, after years of devastating personal losses.…
Describes her encounters with rattlesnakes, locals, fellow hikers, and her own thoughts during her trek from Los Angeles to Washington State on the Pacific Crest Trail. Strong language. Bestseller. 2012
Portrays the WWII special army unit--composed of architects, museum directors, curators, and archivists--formed in 1943 to recover cultural treasures that…
had been plundered by the Nazis. Describes the bombed historical buildings the group preserved and works of art it salvaged. 2009
Popular Internet blogger uses dark humor to describe her everyday life. Recounts racing armadillos and swimming with pigs during her…
childhood in West Texas, dealing with anxiety disorder by hiding in bathrooms during dinner parties, and discovering that her boyfriend was planning to propose--not murder her. Strong language. Bestseller. 2012
War with engineered organic beings called Partials and a deadly virus that targets newborns have decimated the population, but a…
few survivors are trying to keep the human race alive. Medic-in-training Kira searches for solutions at any cost. For senior high and older readers. 2012
After a mix-up at school, anxious Justin starts third grade in the wrong class without his best friends. Meanwhile, his…
parents sign him up for soccer--which he is no good at--and he is nominated for student council. How will he make it through the year? For grades 2-4. 2010